Egg size-number trade-off and a decline in oviposition site choice quality: Female Pararge aegeria b...
Egg size-number trade-off and a decline in oviposition site choice quality: Female Pararge aegeria butterflies pay a cost of having males present at oviposition
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Gibbs, M. , Lace, L. A. , Jones, M. J. and Moore, A. J.
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Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press
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English
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Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press
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Once mated, the optimal strategy for females of the monandrous butterfly, Pararge aegeria, is to avoid male contact and devote as much time as possible to ovipositing, as there is little advantage for females to engage in multiple matings. In other butterfly species the presence of males during egg laying has been shown to affect aspects of oviposi...
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Egg size-number trade-off and a decline in oviposition site choice quality: Female Pararge aegeria butterflies pay a cost of having males present at oviposition
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_3170838798
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_3170838798
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1536-2442
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1536-2442
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10.1093/jis/5.1.39
